Rotary-type labeling machine



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22. IN A LABELING MACHINE OF THE KIND WHEREIN MEANS, DRIVEN BY AN ELECTRIC MOTOR, ADVANCES BOTLES TO BE LABELED, ONE-BY-ONE, THROUGH THE FIELD OF ACTION OF LABEL-APPLYING MEANS, AND WHEREIN THE LABEL-APPLYING MEANS COMPRISES A PICKER, A ROCKSHAFT TO WHICH THE PICKER IS SECRUED, A LABEL MAGAZINE, AND PICKER-ACTUATING MEANS OPERATIVE NORMALLY TO MOVE THE PICKER, CYCLE-AFTER-CYCLE, FROM A LABELRECEIVING POSITION IN THE MAGAZINE TO A LABEL TRANSFER POSITION AT WHICH THE LABEL, WHICH THE PICKER RECEIVED AT THE MAGAZINE, IS SEPARATED FROM THE PICKER, SAID PICKERACTUATING MEANS COMPRISING A CONSTANTLY ROTATING CAM, A LEVER, MEANS WHEREBY THE ROTATING CAM ROCKS THE LEVER, AND A LINK FOR TRANSMITTING MOTION FROM THE LEVER TO THE PICKER SHAFT THEREBY TO ROCK THE PICKER, IN COMBINATION, A MOVABLE FULCRUM FOR SAID LEVER, AND MEANS OPERATIVE SO TO SHIFT SAID MOVABLE FULCRUM, IN THE ABSENCE OF A BOTTLE AT THE TRANSFER STATION, TO RECEIVE A LABEL FROM THE PICKER AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME IN THE CYCLE, SO TO SHORTEN THE PATH OF THE PICKER THAT IT DOES NOT REACH LABEL-RECEIVING POSITION AT THE MAGAZINE, FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE ARTICLE TO BE LABELED IS A BOTTLE, THE BOTTLE IS CARRIED BY A ROTATING TURNTABLE THROUGH THE FIELD OF ACTION OF THE LABEL-APPLYING MEANS; BOTLES ARE RECEIVED FROM A SUPPLY AND FED IN ACCURATELY SPACED RELATION TO THE TURNTABLE BY A START WHEEL; AND WHEREIN DETECTOR MEANS, INCLUDING A DETECTOR SWITCH IN THE CIRCUIT OF THE DRIVE MOTOR, IS ARRANGED ADJACENT TO THE STAR WHEEL AND IS SENSITIVELY RESPONSIVE TO THE FAILURE OF BOTTLES TO APPROACH THE STAR WHEEL IN AN UNBROKEN PROCESSION, AND FURTHER CHARACTERIZED IN THAT THE MEANS FOR SHIFTING THE FULCRUM OF THE CAMACTUATED LEVER COMPRISES A FLUID-PRESSURE MOTOR HAVING A SOLENOID VALVE IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID DETECTOR SWITCH FOR CONTROLLING THE ADMISSION OF PRESSURE FLUID TO SAID MOTOR, THE PARTS BEING SO ARRANGED THAT, UPON FAILURE OF BOTTLES TO APPROACH THE STAR WHEEL AT THE NORMAL RATE, THE SOLENOID VALVE SO ADMITS PRESSURE FLUID TO THE MOTOR THEREBY TO SHIFT THE LEVER-FULCRUM TO ABNORMAL POSITION. 